the faster and more powerful version of the Grand Sport. The fastest roadster ever entering a new dimension of open- top driving. The Vitesse has:
– 1,200 hp
– 1,500 Nm torque
– accelerates in 2,6 sec (0-100km/h)
– and achieves max speed of 410 km/h.
1.0 g.  –  In the world of sports cars it’s a magical number, the barrier between mere excellence and exaltation.
A measurement of traction and cornering ability, the figure means that the lateral or longitudinal forces being created by a car as it travels through a turn or decelerates are equal to those pulling it toward the center of the Earth.
In other words: If your seat disappeared in the middle of a corner, you could theoretically stick to the door without falling onto the floor  … More
Frank Profera has spent six years making his Lotus go faster, stop shorter, and corner harder. Though it only has to move around 2,150 lbs, Frank’s Lotus makes 680 wheel horsepower with a twin-charged 1.8L engine; giving it a better power-to-weight ratio than Mario Andretti’s Formula One Lotus. It’s an ongoing project that may never be finished, because of Frank’s never-ending obsession with speed. We had to take it for a ride.
Nokian Tyres is now fastest on ice both with an electric car and with a petrol-powered car! The new world record with E-RA (Electric RaceAbout) was set at 252.09 km/h on 17th of March 2012 on the ice of Lake Ukonjärvi in Inari, Finland. Petrol-powered ice driving record was already achieved by Nokian Tyres in March 2011.